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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
by Cormac McCarthy
from Vintage Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Interesting concept, but lacks backstory to make it feel real
  Although I did find this book to be thought provoking, ultimately I think that its shortcomings outweigh the concept. Many others complained that it is depressing, which it is, but that doesn't bother me. I love reading WWII stories and have read almost every survivor account I could get my hands on. When comparing this story to real life collapse of civilization that has happened throughout history it lacks realism and depth. No realistic motives are given to either the "heroes" or the "villains" of this... more info

• Overwrought and Over-reviewed
  I was compelled by the genre that this book purported to fall into coupled with the fact that it won the Pulitzer Prize. I because of the later, I wasn't expecting "The Road Warrior" or anything, but what I was expecting was something of worth. That's most definitely not what I got.
  The entire narrative left me with a handful of words consistently popping to mind, in no particular order: grey, okay, ash, cart, cold, starving. There are more, but they are equally as dreary.
  Much of this "story" is... more info

• The Good and the Bad
  Its a beautifully written novel and the two main characters are interesting and they do have some unusual encounters in what is essentially a world in ashes. I cant fault the author in his style and the main idea but I found the last 50 pages to be lacking. I couldnt help but feel let down by the ending. That was it? Not to spoil it for anyone else but the author made some odd choices in what he would describe at length, in great detail, and then almost rush past others, in particular the ending.
  So... more info

• The Road y Cormac McCarthy
  Honestly, I loved this book. It's bleakness, its strange new post apocalyptic world, its overall sense of hopelessness. But I can totally see a lot of people hating this book. The timing, structure, and dialogue are not formulaic so if you are looking for a summer beach book, this is not it. If you are looking for a good piece of literature with themes, emotions, and vision, you could do much worse than the Road.

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